The Checklist - Half-Life 2
I'm not saying anything new here, of course, but it's all stuff I've come to appreciate a lot more now since the first time I played it.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Rayman 2: The Great Escape (PS1)
The many disparate versions of Rayman 2 are strange beasts, and strangest of all is the port for the original PlayStation.
Read MoreThe Quarry 11: Polygraph
A new issue of The Quarry, with a fascinating concept! It's all flash fiction or non-fiction, but which is which? It's up to you to guess.
My piece is here:
Read MoreA Corner of Australia: Road Trip February '18
So I went on a road trip recently and I thought I’d try my hand at a spot of travel writing.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
This game... it's really, really something.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Super Mario Odyssey
Between this coming out at the peak of my end-of-year assessments and Zelda releasing in week one of first semester, it felt like Nintendo was trying to wreck my university career.
Read MoreC**** and Karl Marx: A report from the E7B male bathroom
A feature article published in Grapeshot Volume 10 Issue 1: X has just gone online! It is an examination of toilet stall graffiti and its social implications.
Read MoreThe Checklist - SteamWorld Dig 2
The original Steamworld Dig leapt into my heart by combining the things I like about Motherload (digging for ore through squares of dirt and returning to the surface for upgrades) and Super Metroid (exploration gated by found abilities). This game took that even further, expanding the exploration and the playtime drastically and adding some neat progression features.
Read MoreThe Checklist - The Legend of Zelda
If you're a fan of any of the later games, I think it's an interesting exercise to go back and see their roots - because they show through in some unexpected ways.
Read MoreGrapeshot Volume 10, Issue 1: X
Hey all! Just a quick post to inform that I've got three pieces of writing in the new Grapeshot! If you're on campus, go grab a copy or ten - it's free.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Portal
Everyone should play Portal - it's one of the closest things to a perfect video game.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Gyromite & Duck Hunt
I've arrived at the Wii Play and Link's Crossbow Training of the NES.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros is worth experiencing - once you work out how to sand over the unforgiving part, it's easy to have a great time with it.
Read MoreLachlan's Top 10 Movies of 2017
There were some pretty good movies last year.
Read MoreLachlan's Top 5 Games of 2017
It's been the year of the Switch for me. I love that thing. It allowed me to cram a surprising amount of gaming into my last year of undergrad - "enabled" might be the right word. There were times when I couldn't put it down, hence the disproportionate number of Switch games below.
Read MoreThe Checklist - Ice Climber
I like how they turned the levels into Smash Bros. stages.
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